wyrd

But Wyrd forbade him to seize any more of men on earth after that evening.

Beowulf

Anonymous

Nine there were of them, for Wyrd is gracious to the man who is valiant and unafraid.

Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race

Maud Isabel Ebbutt

To these their mother, Wyrd, the primitive goddess of fate, added: “With joy once more won.”

Myths of the Norsemen

H. A. Guerber

A belief in Wyrd, the mighty power controlling the destinies of men, is the chief religious motive of the epic.

English Literature

William J. Long

In the “Beowulf” it is said:—“Wyrd often keeps alive the man who is not destined to die, if his courage is equal to the occasion.”

Anglo-Saxon Literature

John Earle